Can you believe another year has passed and we’re approaching the last Patch Tuesday of the year? While I get ready to make another online gift purchase with my credit card, I can’t help but reflect on the security activity over the past twelve months. Some of these hit close to home.
The most broadcast news of the year was the exposure of personal information in over 500 million Facebook accounts. This security incident was the result of servers not properly configured, allowing open public access. This was reported in April and additional accounts were exposed in September. Proper security configuration is definitely a challenge across thousands of servers, but it is THE fundamental security requirement before dealing with software vulnerabilities.
Next up in public view was the compromise of Epic Games’ servers that hosted ..
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